Stuart Heritage: It was a shoo-in for a bunch of Oscars, pleased monarchists and history buffs, and got an older generation back in cinemas. But watch Colin Firth as George VI again on the small screen, on Channel 4 at 9pm on Saturday, and its oddness – the skewed camera angles, endless close-ups – will hit you immediately

There's an ice palace, a giant space laser, an invisible car. And John Cleese. And Halle Berry in a bikini … Pierce Brosnan's swansong as James Bond is so brilliantly inept you really must watch it this Friday on ITV at 10.35pm, says Stuart Heritage

How did Professor X and Magneto go from being friends to sworn enemies? And why do X-Men mutants have such stupid names? Find out by watching X-Men: First Class this Saturday at 9pm on Channel 4, but be prepared to cringe, says Stuart Heritage

Kate Beckinsale stars as a sexy vampire warrior in this instalment in the Underworld series, on Channel 4 this Sunday. Stuart Heritage discovers that watching the film is like being trapped in Riga's loudest malfunctioning strobe-light factory

It may have all the hallmarks of female-friendly fluff, but Nancy Meyers' 2009 rom-com – which will be shown on Channel 4 at 9pm on Saturday – rises above other films of its ilk, writes Stuart Heritage